Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-08
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

Last night, the report of a review in the UK led by Baroness Cumberlege into certain medical treatments, including sodium valproate, was published. In respect of sodium valproate, Baroness Cumberlege said:
I have conducted many reviews and inquiries over the years, but I have never encountered anything like this; the intensity of suffering experienced by so many families, and the fact that they have endured it for decades. Much of this suffering was entirely avoidable...
The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, gave a 100% commitment that we would have a public inquiry into the effects of sodium valproate. Will he and the Taoiseach keep that promise? Will the Taoiseach agree to allow time at the earliest possible opportunity for a full debate in this Chamber on the sodium valproate issue?

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Sitting date: 2020-07-08